WLTE 102.9 switching to pop country format

The lite rock staple will soon be BUZ'N, and home to artists like Taylor Swift, Kenny Chesney and Brad Paisley. CBS Radio says the changeover comes in response to the overwhelming popularity of radio-friendly country music. The big switch comes Monday, Dec. 26.

The lite rock staple will soon be BUZ'N, and home to artists like Taylor Swift, Kenny Chesney and Brad Paisley. CBS Radio says the changeover comes in response to the overwhelming popularity of radio-friendly country music. The big switch comes Monday, Dec. 26.

Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw made history with their "Brothers of the Sun" tour in Minneapolis on Sunday. A sell-out crowd of more than 40,000 fans filled the Twins ballpark for the first-ever concert at Target Field.

Five Minnesotans made Forbes list of the 400 richest people in America. Barbara Carlson Gage and Marilyn Carlson Nelson topped the Minnesota list with a net worth of $4 billion. Whitney MacMillan, Stanley Hubbard and Glen Taylor also made the list.

Mendota Heights-based Sun Country Airlines launched their 'Everyone Must Go Sale' with one-way fares as low as $79. The deal is only available until Tuesday. Travel must be done between now and Dec. 15.

The 3M Co. is suing one of its former law firms for switching sides – to aid in a suit against 3M that claims the company damaged the environment. The company is citing "betrayal" motivated by "greed" of the national firm Covington & Burling LLP, which is now helping the Minnesota attorney general in a suit against 3M.

The city is providing tap water at several stops along the Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon route. The city says municipal water is clean, tastes great and is far less expensive and better for the environment than bottled water.